"Oh, of course," Hermione tells her. "I doubt anyone would let me just borrow their staff and have me walk off with it. I'd make sure to start small, with things I already know, and try to gauge just how different it is from using a wand."

She pauses for a moment before asking, "Where would I get a staff of my own, if that ends up working for me? Or if I end up accidentally damaging someone else's and need to replace it? It's not technically a weapon, is it? I mean, it is, but would it be the sort of thing a smith can make from scratch? I suppose it would make more sense for them to be able to make staves than for them to repair wands, considering that they're more familiar with them...."

Right. She should probably eventually learn to let people answer one question before asking a dozen others on its heels.